SENIOR AND JUNIOR TEAM SWIMMERS MUST HAVE AN INSULATED JUG / COOLER DURING PRACTICE! Temperatures are starting to rise quickly during our afternoon workouts. It is very important to keep hydrated with cold liquids during hard training sessions.  Drinking during practice helps maintain good training performance. Clear plastic bottles are unacceptable as they heat up quickly in the sun.  The swimmer then has nothing but hot water or Gatorade to drink during the workout.  Disposable plastic bottles are NOT allowed at any GCST workout at any pool.  Each swimmer should...

GCST Parents: We are sending timely information out about events, practice changes, and other items that can directly affect you.  We are trying to reduce the amount of e-mails we send out and using text messages, and social media to get information to you. If you are not receiving our text messages, it is because you did not set up your cell phone under "My Account" after login to the GCST website. Information on Text setup is here.  Please set this up under your swimmer's names as well under "Members"...

Hemos añadido un nuevo traductor Google para muchas de las páginas de información. Este traductor trabaja con 60 idiomas diferentes. We've added a new Google translator for many pages of information. This translator works with 60 different languages. Select Language Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Belarusian Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Catalan Cebuano Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Esperanto Estonian Filipino Finnish French Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian Icelandic Igbo Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Khmer Korean Lao Latin Latvian...

  More photos are now posted from the 2014 OW Festival here.

  GCST swimmers competed in the Swim Miami OW Races on Saturday April 19, 2014. Click name for results 10K   Ginger Tompkins   Sam Moreland  Bill Sawyer  5k   Thomas Pear   1 mile   Jack Moreland   Jill Moreland Full Results

Several GCST swimmers participated in Water Safety Day on April 19, 2014 at the San Carlos Park Community Pool. The event was organized by Lee County Parks & Recreation.   Participants included Kohl's Department Stores, and the San Carlos Park Fire District. Free hot dogs and free swimming was providied to the community. Photos

SUPER TRACKER   The United States Department of Agriculture has created an interactive tool that allows you to plan, analyze, and track your diet and physical activity.  Like Nutrition Tracker you can analyze food items, track your intake and create individualized reports. In addition to the tools you are used to having, you will also be able to set goals, track your physical activity and create a personal journal with all of your information and goals conveniently located on one page.   Click here to get started.   BUILD YOUR PLATE  ...

BY JILL CASTLE, MS, RDN Food is fuel. Just like a car needs fuel to operate, so does the body. Without enough food, changes happen in the body affecting a number of daily functions, including athletic performance. Young swimmers may be at risk for under-eating or poor eating. Combine these with the high calorie demand of swimming and ongoing growth and it’s easy to see that low food intake can be a real problem.  These 7 signs may signal the young swimmer needs more food:  1. Weight loss or lack...

Courtney DeVeny has signed her National Letter of Intent to attend Nova Southeastern University. Congratulations to Courtney and her family.  

Lexi Faunce has signed her National Letter of Intent to attend New York University in NY, NY. Congratulations to Lexi and her family.